California based rockers Of Limbo has just brought out a fun new homage to Van Halen with their acoustic version of the classic ‘Finish What Ya Started‘. It’s their second release from their upcoming Unplugged album, due out this summer.
Recorded at the band’s home studio in Long Beach, their self-produced rendition is a tongue-in-cheek remake that adheres to the original, while veering towards making it a bluesy, sexy and hell raising version that’s the trademark sound that Of Limbo are becoming known for.
Jake Davies from the band said: “Jason Klein (formerly of Butcher Babies), our Unplugged bassist, brought us this one and we knew we had to do it. Van Hagar at their best! It’s a true hound-dog masterpiece. We would never try to improve on their perfection. But we did take a couple liberties with the song here and there!”
The ‘Finish What Ya Started’ video was directed by Brandon Vancour and similarly filmed at the band’s studio. As Davis explained “We just wanted to have fun and recreate the classic Van Halen video. We played around a little bit to make it a version our fans have come to expect. Other than that, we just followed their lead and hit up a couple babes (Internet sensations Heather Leather and Lindsey Ferrari) to dress up like rocker cowgirls while we danced around and sang along. There might have been some tequila involved.”
The single is available here.
The cover song follows on swiftly from their previous release, the more serious ‘Joke’s On You’, as this was an acoustic ode to gaslighting in relationships.
The song was self-produced and again recorded at the band’s home studio in Long Beach. The opening guitar line starts out with a slinky and contemplative tone and builds into righteous, smouldering anger driven by hand claps and intense, plaintive vocals.
The band’s Jake Davies said “Joke’s On You’ is about recognising gaslighting techniques in a relationship. You see the person feigning tears and storming off expecting you to chase after them. Most of us are all too familiar with these kinds of manipulative tactics by now. But when you first start to really recognise it, it’s a relief and kind of empowering. Because you realize it’s not you… It’s all them.”
The band shot the video for ‘Joke’s On You’ entirely on an IPhone 14 at a park next to their mom’s house in Australia, armed with nothing but a $20 LED from Amazon and a six pack of tall boys. Continuing, Davies explained: “We filmed this in the moment, just going with the flow. The red and blue color overlays are meant to be a representation of being two faced.”
Brothers Jake and Luke Davies were raised in Melbourne, Australia – but relocated to Long Beach, CA to further their music career in the USA, where they’ve released records and played live since.
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